Tilting drawer



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- E. G. ROBERTS.-

TILTING DRAWER. No. 397,567. Patented Feb., 12,1889.

WITNESSES.

Attorneys.

PETERS. PholoLxlhagmpher. Wahinglcn. Dv C.

rr TATES PATENT TILTING DRAWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,567, dated February12, 1889.

Application filed April 21, 1886. Renewed May 4, 1888. Serial No.272,868. (No model.)

To call 1127107121 it may concern:

Be it known that I, ED\VARD O. ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Broadford, in the county of Smyth and State ofVirginiaflravc invented certain new and useful Improvements in TiltingDrawers; and I do declare the followin to. be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertaius to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a front elevation brokenaway and partly in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

This invention has relation to cases of tilting drawers, and is animprovement upon the device shown and described in Letters Patent No.288,861, granted to me on the 20th day of November, 1883.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates thecasing, which is designed to contain several tilting drawers arrangedone above the other, three being shown in the figures, letteredrespectively B, U, and D. The end boards, E, of said draw.- ers havecireularly-curved lmveredges, F, and upper edges, G, the radius ofcurvature being shorter in the case of the lower drawers, so that theywill pass the upper and lower margins, V V, of the openings in the frontof the case readily and neatly, and so that the said drawers will notinterfere when closed back into the casing.

The drawers are supported by arms H H I I, and J J, of increasinglength,which are secured to the ends of said drawers atincreasingdistances therefrom, supports m m being interposed between thearms and the upper drawers to secure the proper intervals, as shown.These arms are contained in recesses at the sides of the casing. Thelower ends of these arms are pivoted on bolts K L at opposite sides ofthe casing, near the bottom of the latter, said bolts bein supported bythe side walls of the casing and the interior ledges, b b, which arearranged near the front of said casing, the arms ll H, I I, and .T .Iextending backward an d upward oblique- 1y to the rear of the drawers,to which portion they are secured. The shorter arms, H H, are secured tothe lower drawers, which have greater curvature, and the longer arms areattached to the higher drawers. lVashers N are placed between thepivoted ends of the arms on the bolts K and L.

The front of the casing is vertical, and when the drawers are open theyare level and held in position by the engagement of their arms with thefront of the casing.

, Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to securebyLetters Patent, 1s-

The combination, with the casing A, provided with the side recesses, andthe vertical front having openin therein, the ledges Z) I), and thepivot-bolts, of the tilting drawers B C I), having end boards bounded bycircular edges and secured to the pivoted arms, substantially asspecified.

I11 testimony whereof I a'hix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD C. ROBERTS.

itnesses:

W. H. JENKINS, RoBT. F. STEELE.

